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Lotte Lenya , 1898-1981, Viennese singer and character actress, b. Karoline Blamauer. The wife of the composer Kurt Weill , Lenya was the foremost singer of his songs. She and Weill fled Germany in 1933 to work in the United States, where she appeared in The Threepenny Opera (as Jenny, a role she created in Berlin), Brecht on Brecht, Mahagonny, and Cabaret. Lenya has also made recordings and films (including The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1961, and From Russia with Love, 1963).

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Lenya, Lotte (1898–1981) Austrian singer and actress. Lenya became famous in two notable Brecht plays with musical scores by her husband Kurt Weill, namely The Threepenny Opera (1928) and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930). She emigrated to the USA in 1935.

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	Weill: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. (Lotte Lenya, Wilhelm Bruckner Ruggeberg, Berlin Orchestra) Magazine article from: National Review; 9/16/1988
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	Analysis: Recording of Louis Armstrong and Lotte Lenya singing "Mack The Knife" Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 10/25/2003; ; 445 words ; ...Recording of Louis Armstrong and Lotte Lenya singing "Mack The Knife" Host...Louis Armstrong ever made with Lotte Lenya. The renowned cabaret singer was...has pretty teeth, dear. Ms. LOTTE LENYA: (Singing) And he shows them...
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